But on Monday night against the Utah Jazz, Embiid showed a different type of dominance – that of the mental mind games that can take over NBA courts.

In the third quarter, Embiid delivered a hard block to Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell. After the play, he stared down Mitchell as he was on the ground, said some words, and began to trot back to the Sixers side of the floor. In response, Mitchell got up and shoved Embiid. When Embiid embellished the contact and fell to the ground, Mitchell was immediately hit with a technical foul, which Embiid mimed along with and used to pump up the home crowd.

While the play obviously started with Embiid’s physical dominance, after the block, it’s the center’s tendency to troll that takes over on the court, and he employs in to perfection. As soon as Mitchell makes contact with him he falls to the floor – all seven feet and 250 pounds of him – in a heap in order to draw the foul, which he then celebrates with an smile that reads simply, “Gotcha.”

Despite a relatively mediocre statline from Embiid – 15 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks in 27 minutes of work – his provocation of Mitchell still provided him with the highlight of the night as the Sixers took the win 107-86.

After the game, Embiid openly acknowledged the fact that he flopped while speaking with reporters. “Obviously I blocked the shot, and said then I something to him,” Embiid said when asked to talk through the play. “And then he just got up and kind of fake shoved me, and I flopped, and he got a technical for it. So that’s basically how it happened.”

Reporters broke out in laughter after he admitted to “flopping” so openly.

Embiid added that it was all a light-hearted affair though, saying “But it’s all fun after the game. We shook hands. It was all fun.”

You can watch Embiid’s post-game interview below.

The NBA is known for its legendary trash talkers, from Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett to current title-holder Draymond Green. But not even 50 games into his young career, Embiid is already showing an acumen for the art form, and getting results.

Combined with his fantastic play on the court and his fun-loving social media presence that has made him so beloved throughout the league, Embiid is developing into a true triple-threat.